Watching movies is an important part of Nortel's students' learning, and only by observing them can they better understand film theories and learn from others' excellent techniques.

It's just that in 1978, there were few domestic film resources, and even fewer excellent foreign films. However, the school still tried its best to find films, arranging four screenings a week, going to the Xiaoxitian China Film Archive room every Tuesday afternoon to watch two imported films, and watching two domestic films at the Zhu Xinzhuang Auditorium every Saturday afternoon.

When you go to the city to watch the film at the China Film Archive, the school will open two buses, which are crowded with students from various departments, plus some teachers. People crowd people, people rely on people, they can't even breathe, but no one complains, and no one is willing to pull it down. Nortel students have no less desire for movies than Chinese students have for famous books. Since Nortel is an art college, there are many students with literary and artistic specialties, singing and laughing in the carriage along the way, Chen Kaige also recited his new poem "On the Bus" in a timely manner, the original dull journey was full of joy, and unconsciously arrived at the Film Archive.

After getting out of the car, Xu Wangqiu asked the staff about the first and second episodes of the Yugoslav movie "The Battle of the Neretva River" that was shown today. This is not a good movie, Xu Wangqiu gave Liu Lin a few looks, and sneaked out of the Film Archive, ready to make a big purchase.

During this period, due to the lack of material life, students often did not have enough to eat, especially at night. Many Nortel students secretly went to the nearby fields to steal vegetables and apples, and Xu Wangqiu also stole them from their dormitory. However, Xu Wangqiu felt that he was still growing his body, and he still had to get something nutritious to eat, so he planned to go into the city to buy some noodles, buy some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and make some supper and snacks at night.

Xu Wangqiu assigned tasks to everyone: "Xia Gang, you go home and move the kerosene stove; Liu Lin and I will go to the film association to hand in the manuscript, and then go to the store to buy noodles and spices; Lao Wu, you go to get kerosene, and then find a restaurant to buy vegetables, buy two meat, and then buy two vegetarian dishes, and wait for us to buy noodles and come back to eat below!" As he spoke, he took out five yuan from his pocket and handed it to Wu Zhiliu: "You can use this money to buy vegetables with oil!"

Wu Zhiliu waved his hand and said: "No, no, no! I have a salary with Lao Mou, and I can still get this money!"

According to the documents of the Ministry of Finance, those who have worked for five years or more when entering the university shall be paid wages by their original work unit during the study period. Wu Zhiliu and Zhang Yimou have worked for five years, and they went to school at Nortel, and their original unit was going to pay them salaries. Wu Zhiliu and Zhang Yimou's salaries are more than 30 yuan, which is a lot of money among students.

When Xu Wangqiu heard Wu Zhiliu say this, he said, "Okay then!"

After breaking up with Wu Zhiliu and them, Xu Wangqiu and Liu Lin took a car to the news documentary film studio at No. 15 Beihuan West Road. The office of the Film Association and its magazines was originally located in Shefan Temple, together with the China Film Publishing House. But after the turmoil of the 10-year movement, their office space has long been occupied, so the Film Association temporarily rented the fourth floor of the main building of the new studio as an office space.

When Xu Wangqiu came to the office of the Film Association on the fourth floor, he saw a lot of people gathered around a desk, discussing something, and it was Zhong Xinfei who was the leader. Xu Wangqiu didn't know if he had come at the right time, but he still shouted: "Zhong Lao!"

Zhong Xianfei immediately smiled when he saw Xu Wangqiu, pushed aside the crowd, and walked over and said, "Wangqiu, is the manuscript finished?"

Xu Wangqiu took out the manuscript he had written and handed it to Zhong Xianfei: "It's written, please ask Zhong Lao to correct it!"

After Zhong Xinfei brought Xu Wangqiu and Liu Lin into the office, he did not rush to read the manuscript, but looked at the editors, and said with a smile: "Let me introduce to you, this is Xu Wangqiu, the author of "Talking about the Audiovisual Language of "Heroes and Daughters", and he is also the author of "Mom Loves Me Again". ”

When the editors heard that Xu Wangqiu was the author of "Mom Loves Me Again", they came over to shake hands with him: "Comrade Xu Wangqiu, your "Mom Loves Me Again" is so moving, it is the most infectious script I have ever read!", "I watched it several times, and cried once after watching it!", "Every day at noon, I listen to the broadcast of "Mom is in Me Again"!"......

"Don't surround Wangqiu, bring two stools over and let Wangqiu and them sit!" Zhong Xinfei knew that "Mom Loves Me Again" had caused a huge reaction in society, but he didn't expect these editors in the office to be so excited to see Xu Wangqiu. But it's not surprising if you think about it carefully, everyone is used to seeing tall heroes, and now a story about the people and things around them suddenly pops up, and they all instinctively feel cordial.

Zhong Xianfei said to a twenty-eight or nineteen-year-old girl: "Xiao Guo, pour a glass of water for Wangqiu and this classmate!" and said to Xu Wangqiu: "You sit for a while, I will talk to you after reading the manuscript!"

Xu Wangqiu's article has more than 20,000 words, and Zhong Xianfei is old again, so he can't finish it in less than half an hour. Xu Wangqiu didn't want to sit and wait: "Old Zhong, didn't you say that after my article was published, you received a lot of feedback articles, can I take a look at these articles?"

Zhong Xinfei turned his head to the girl who poured the water and said, "Xiao Guo, bring all the articles on the discussion of film language and let Wangqiu take a look." ”

After the order, Zhong Xinfei picked up Xu Wangqiu's article and read it carefully. Xu Wangqiu's article is called "On the Sinicization of Modern Film Language", this time Xu Wangqiu highlighted Taizu's views at the beginning, pointing out that literature and art should serve the broadest masses of the people, and film, as a kind of literature and art, should also be the same.

After revealing this viewpoint, Xu Wangqiu proposed that films, as cultural products, should account for more than 90 percent of the entire market and should account for more than 90 percent of the entire market, while the proportion of art films that pursue artistry and ideological depth should be less than 10 percent. Only by controlling the proportion within this range can the entire film market be healthy and the entire industry develop steadily. If hard, difficult art films become the mainstream of the market, and audiences can't understand these movies, then they will give up watching movies and choose other forms of entertainment. As a result, the entire film industry will be in trouble.

At the same time, Xu Wangqiu was also reading other people's articles. Zhong Xianfei told Xu Wangqiu that after his article was published in "Film Art Reference", it caused a lot of repercussions in the film industry, with some supporting and some opposing. But Zhong Xinfei did not say one thing, there is very little support, and the vast majority of them are opposed.

The reasons for opposition vary, Hollywood is capitalism, Jiang Qing supports, lack of artistry, and so on. These people are inclined to European and American films, believing that Chinese films should learn from new realism and the new wave, and some even some people not only oppose the formulaic and routine of films, but also take a clear stand against drama, plot and story. They believe that a movie can be completely free of drama, characters, contradictions, and conflicts, and the functions of the film itself are enough to support a movie.

Looking at this article, Xu Wangqiu's heart sank to the bottom, history did not change its direction because of his appearance, and the anti-dramatization and anti-story trend of thought was not suppressed, but came in advance.

Xu Wangqiu knows that under the guidance of such a program, the film industry will talk about Hollywood and will spurn commercial films. If a director does well at the box office, not only will he not be sought after, but he will be spurned by critics, and even the director himself feels inferior.

Director Zhang Huaxun successively made two blockbuster movies "The Mysterious Buddha" and "Wulin Zhi", of which "Wulin Zhi" was watched by as many as 500 million, but Zhang Huaxun received a large area of scolding, and finally he gave up action movies, and even Jin Yong asked him to shoot "Book of Swords and Enmity", but he refused without hesitation and turned to literary films.

Director Li Shaohong was so aggrieved that she cried because Beijing Film Studio asked her to make commercial films. Tian Zhuangzhuang persuaded her: "You can shoot, at least you can get a chance to prove that you can, and when you are recognized, you can shoot what you want." In the end, Li Shaohong finished filming "Silver Snake Murder" in tears. Despite the film's huge success and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of the year, Li Shaohong, who became famous, did not stick to the line of "Murder of the Silver Snake" and quickly turned to art films.

Under the dominance of this trend of thought, an extremely strange phenomenon has emerged in the Chinese film industry: anti-story art films have failed miserably at the box office but have received numerous praises; while commercial films have sold well at the box office and have a flood of audiences, but the main creators are not proud of them, but they are ashamed. Under the dominance of this trend of thought, capable directors are reluctant to make commercial films, while incapable directors want to make commercial films but do not make them well.

As a result, there are almost no qualified commercial films in the entire film market, and audiences have fled the cinemas. By the late 90s, China's film industry had completely collapsed and completely fallen to the bottom.

As a child of Dongying, the tragic situation of the film system in the 90s made Xu Wangqiu unforgettable. Even if he crosses over, even if he becomes a different person, he will never forget that winter, when he and his sister shivered from the cold, and that winter his sister died in the forced demolition of the family building of the film studio. Because of this incident, Xu Wangqiu has not been able to forgive himself so far.

As a traverser, Xu Wangqiu has many choices and many ways to go, but in the end he chose movies, in addition to his love for movies, the most important thing is that he hopes to rewrite history so that his sister can survive and his parents will no longer live alone in their old age. Of course, if he can make the entire film system better, he is also very willing.

However, Xu Wangqiu didn't dare to say that he wanted to save Chinese films, not because he was unwilling, but because this matter was as difficult as heaven. The reasons for the difficulties of Chinese films in the 90s are very complex, mainly in four aspects: the impact of television and VCD, the failure to keep up with the reform measures, the contradiction between the cultural system and the radio and television system, and the rejection of commercial films by critics.

The impact of television and VCD on movies is a historical trend, and no one can change it; the supporting measures of the reform have not kept up, this is a policy issue, and how can Xu Wangqiu have the ability to change it; and the contradiction between the cultural system and the radio and television system is a problem of government departments, and how can Xu Wangqiu resolve it. The only thing that is likely to change is the film industry's rejection of commercial films

Xu Wangqiu hopes to use his words and deeds to influence Zhang Yimou and them, so that they will not follow the old path of light stories, and hopes to use his articles and works to influence the entire film industry and maintain the tradition of storytelling in Chinese films; this is also the real purpose of his writing this article. But he never expected that instead of changing all this, he made the disaster earlier.

A huge feeling of powerlessness rose in Xu Wangqiu's heart, like a stone stuck in his lung tube, making him breathless.

Xu Wangqiu really felt his personal powerlessness in the face of the trend, but he also knew that he was actually too weak, if he was strong enough, if he could respond to every call, maybe the situation would be different.

Xu Wangqiu's right hand tightly grasped the handle of the chair, like a drowning man trying to grab a life-saving branch, he was really unwilling, very, very unwilling!